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AGA Survey Cites Lack of Incentives as Real Property Stumbling Block
Lack of Incentives was one of the leading problems in effective federal real property asset management, according to a survey by the Association of Government Accountants (AGA).

AGA (www.agacgfm.org) co-sponsored the Federal Real Property Asset Management survey with American Appraisal Associates. Preliminary findings of the survey – which will be finalized later this year – were presented at the AGA’s 55th Annual Professional Development Conference and Exposition, held in San Diego, CA from June 18-21 of this year. Here’s an overview of the findings.

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The True Value of Outsourcing Portfolio Management: Opportunities and Obstacles
The trend in federal real property management increasingly is to reduce in-house staff, with leasing and other broker-related services outsourced. While this streamlines operations from the perspective of human capital, the total cost of leasing requires a closer look at the value of such “right-sizing.”